Benton Barracks

                                                                                                January the 10^th 1862

                                                                                               

                                                                                    Dear Wife and children once more i drop a few loins to you to let you kow that i am well at preasant and hope these few loins will find you injoying the same bessing the health of the Soldiers is some better the spirrits for soldieren is some better it is rheumerd that we will move next weak to kentuckey we have just received our pay i got 26 dollers and owed 5 dollers to Mr. Waltz/ and 3 dollers and .50 cts to the sutler ho trades for our Ridgement Charls Cutter had betwen one and two dollers left after paying his debts I now inclose fifteen dollers for you and the Children I want you to by Luick a youniforme suit and do it off in stile Mr. Waltz will be there soon you can look at his suit and pattern after it I do not know that i can get out to get any presants for the Girls but i will tri in the morning before he starts home i should send my money by him but i am a fraid to on a count of his bad spells. we here that Mr. Patterson is some better but i have not mutch hopes/ of his geting well a gain unless he gets discharged from the army Mr. Waltz has gained fine since his discharge I will tri to send the Girls some good books soon. i wish you would let me know wether the Eastern Mail brings yours or not. let me know if you get your S^t Luis Paper or not. the Boys is louzy with money this evening Mr. Whited is tuff and hardy and a firstrate soldier but he has had bad luck he has ben kept in the Guard house sveral days and fined five dollers whitch was kept out of his pay Mr. Cutter writes that he is a bout to trade his property there for/ Property in Ohio and will leave in the spring for that place I have not mutch news of importance the weather is warm and lowery and plenty of mud it has not frozen hard a nough to bear a horse here this winter. this from your affectionate husband

                                                            Henry Overacker

 

To L. P. Overacker

                                    No. 4^th

 

I will send you some Post Stamps in the next letter

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